AmeriSpeak is NORC at the University of Chicago’s Panel-Based Research Platform
Led by principal investigators James Druckman of the University of Rochester, Jeremy Freese of Stanford University, and Maureen Craig of Duke University, this program offers academic researchers the ability to design and field experiments using the AmeriSpeak Panel with grant funding provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF). TESS reviews applications on a rolling basis and selects the most innovative and salient experiment ideas for implementation. The TESS team, the successful applicants and the AmeriSpeak team collaborate to field the studies. Following a one-year embargo during which the study PI has unique access to the study results, TESS makes the results available to the public via its website, creating a rich database of experimental data from which future research can benefit. Since 2016, NORC’s AmeriSpeak team has supported nearly 200 TESS studies, with additional research planned in the years ahead.